Role Model Event at City and Islington Sixth Form College

About the Business Leaders

These business leaders have been chosen because their companies are growing quickly.

About the teacher and students

The event was created by Jo Bishop for 50 students at City and Islington Sixth Form College aged Age 16 - 18.

Event description

Inspiring Young Business Minds

City & Islington Sixth Form College is fully inclusive and part of a large inner-London FE college serving boroughs with very high levels of economic and educational disadvantage. Many of our students will be first in their family to progress to University and will be from non-professional backgrounds. Our students arrive from over 200 different schools and across 30 boroughs of Greater London. Over 50% of our students receive an income assessed bursary and over 20% are eligible for free school meals. Depending on their GCSE profile, students may study up to four subjects in year 12 continuing to three AL subjects in year 13. Our current policy will allow students to sit an AS exam in all subjects. 66% of our students progressed to HE in 2014 and of those 16.9% progressed to a Russell Group University.
This event will be targeted at Year 12 students studying Business Studies A level. Students study entrepreneurship as part of their course and this talk would really add value to the curriculum material. There may be some students in the audience with their own business ideas who would really benefit from the insight of those who have been successful in pursuing their ideas. Dealing with setbacks and developing resilience are key areas. We are hoping that our students can hear from speakers about what they feel are the key skills to success.